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Whiplash stars the relatively unknown (to me, at least) Miles Teller as Andrew, a student who loves drumming. Schaffer University music bod Terrence Fletcher (JK Simmons) also loves his drumming, as he spots the lad’s …
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Thief on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Thief shows that if you think you can trust a master criminal, you’re probably wrong. Frank (James Caan) gets involved in a deal that goes down badly, and the wrong guy has his money. In …
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Jurassic World IMAX 3D – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Jurassic World is the fourth one about the dinosaurs who go crazy ape bonkers, killing loads of humans. You’d think they’d learn, right? The first one, Jurassic Park, managed to close the place BEFORE it …
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Taken 3 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Taken 3 is a film I didn’t expect to be reviewing when I saw the comparatively low-budget original Taken movie, where Bryan Mills’ daughter, Kim, was kidnapped… sorry, taken. It was okay but nothing more. …
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Society: Limited Edition on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Society was the first ever legal 18-certificate film I saw at the cinema, on my 18th birthday in fact, April 14th 1990, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a midnight screening, so technically it …
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Second Coming – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Second Coming begins with the dilemma that Jax (Nadine Marshall) is eight weeks into her second pregnancy, but hasn’t had intimate relations with husband Mark (Idris Elba) for ages. Since she hasn’t had an affair …
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1864 on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
1864 is another triumph for Nordic Noir, for television as a whole, and for viewers who owe it to themselves to watch this drama. If there’s one thing I like about a TV series, it’s …
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Tomorrowland: A World Beyond – The DVDfever Cinema Review
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond is a film which looked intriguing from the trailer and clips I’d seen, but was ultimately flawed in its execution, not least because you felt like you’d seen the best of …
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San Andreas – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Dwayne Johnson
San Andreas stars Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) as Rainier Wolfcastle, aka Ray. He’s a maverick helicopter rescue pilot, rescuing helicopters in danger all around the area where they have that San Andreas fault thing. …
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Foxcatcher on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
Foxcatcher begins with Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum, who usually restricts himself to goofball comedies), a socially-awkward character, telling a group of schoolchildren about how he takes part in wrestling because it enabled him to win …
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